Submitting an article excerpt or entire article

[S. L. Hill]

I have written three articles for review. Two of them were written in response to a Public Request. When I originally submitted the two articles, I only put in the excerpt but went back in and put in the entire article so you can review it in its entirety. I hope that's correct. Once they're approved, how do I submit only an excerpt of the article to the customer? Thanks so much.
Sharon

[catnipp333]

Sharon,
It's up to you as to how much you put in the "long summary" - I usually put the whole article, but sometimes I dont. The editors read the "file" you attached not what's in the summary so as long as you uploaded your files for the articles you are good to go. You can make changes to your "long summary" any time. Just click on "edit" under "my content" Be sure to "save changes" when your done.

Hope this helps & GOOD LUCK!!!

Catnipp333

[catnipp333]

ooops -- forgot something --

to submit them for public request -- click on Q/A for that request & then you can send them note & add your article.


Catnipp333

I think I got it all now!

[S. L. Hill]

Sorry, I'm not usually this thick-headed. I'm still a little confused because I'm new at this and I appreciate your taking the time to answer.

I thought that CC had to review my entire article to make sure it was not plagarized, etc. If that's true and I have to submit the entire article to CC (for review), then how do I subsequently reduce the article to one-half its size so that it can be uploaded to the customer? Do I go back into the article after it's passed review, reduce it and then upload it to the customer? That's where I'm confused. When I click upload in the customer's e-mail, it's going to upload the entire article that's in the CC system?

Thanks
Sharon

[writewellcfl1]

I'm not sure if I understand your question, but I'll try to answer anyway:

Customers can only view what you copy and paste into the Long Summary. The editors at CC look over the attached file of your article. The customer will not see your entire attached article unless he BUYS it. If you include the minimum 1/3 of the article in the Long Summary, that's ALL the customer sees. If you copied and pasted the entire article into the Long Summary, then the customer will see the ENTIRE article.

Does this make sense/ answer your question?

There shouldn't be any back and forth of uploading, submitting, etc. You shouldn't need to change anything once the editors have approved your article.

[S. L. Hill]

I'm sorry, but I'm still confused.
I've submitted an article to CC for review. I go into the Q&A portion of the public request. It comes up with a box to post your message and a box you can click on to attach file. That's where I'm confused. If I click in that box to attach file, then it will attach my entire file. So, if I don't want to attach my entire article, do I just cut and paste one-half of my article and put in the Q&A box "Your Message" and NOT click in the box "attach file?"

Again, thanks.
Sharon

[writewellcfl1]

No, it attaches a link to your submission, not the entire file. When you click on the article lookup, it's just sending the customer a link to look at your submission "page." They can only see what everyone else can see when looking at your short summary and long summary.

[S. L. Hill]

I guess I'm not getting it because you're referring to "Long Summary" and "Short Summary" and "Submission" and "File." Isn't your article submission the same as the file?

When I write an article, I click on "Submit Article." (That is my "Submission.")
I am submitting a complete article.
CC reviews my complete article.
Now I get a public request.
I go to the Q&A of the request.
It has "Your Message" and "Attach File." (Is "File" and "Submission" the same? If not, then what do you consider a "File?")
If I click on "Attach file," then it's attaching whatever I submitted, which would be the entire article. You're saying it gives them a link to look at my article. But they are still seeing my entire article, aren't they? If I submitted an entire article, that's what they're seeing.

If I don't get it this time, I'm going to just attach my entire file and forget it. I can't believe I am not getting this. I'm so sorry, but I do appreciate your help.
Sharon

[writewellcfl1]

I don't know how to phrase this so it makes sense.

The file you attached when you first submitted your article to CC for review is not seen by ANYONE except the EDITORS UNTIL someone BUYS it. The only way a customer can see your ENTIRE ATTACHED FILE is to purchase it. The "attach file" you are referring to in the Q&A only sends the customer a LINK to your article, where they can review the Short and Long Summaries and then have the opportunity to purchase it.

I encourage you to just do it so you'll see what I'm talking about. Don't get caught up in the terminology - just attempt the process.

[S. L. Hill]

Okay, I'll just click on attach file in the Q&A and see what happens. I appreciate your time.
Thanks.
Sharon

[NicWrites]

Yeah, the actual Word (or whatever word processor you use) file is not shown to the customer.

It might help if you go to your content and click on the link to the article. What you see is what the customer will see. Or, click on the link in the acceptence email that you got. If you put the entire article in the "Long Summary" box, that is what the customer will see. This is not necessary for the editors, though, because they review the Word document, not the long summary, when approving articles (well, they look at the summaries to ensure that they are correct,). The point is, even in the first submission of the article for approval, you do not have to put the entire article in the long summary box. You can, and if you do then customers will see the whole thing. But you don't have to if you just want to give cusotmers a "taste." But the editors look at the file you upload, not the summaries, as the approval point for your article. Once they approve it, that file is hidden until someone purchases the article. If you put the whole thing in the long summary, then customers can read it, if not, they can't unless they purchase.

[S. L. Hill]

Thanks for the explanation. I think I was confused because I thought that when I had an article, I just clicked on "Submit an Article," type in the article or copy and paste the article from my Word document in my computer. I didn't realize that I should first upload my article from my Word document and then click on "Submit an Article." At that point, I can enter just 1/3 of my article in the long summary and that's what the customer will see. I didn't realize that I first had to upload an article (file) which is then saved and that's what CC looks at and reviews.

I had another question concerning an article that was rejected. If I am including a sentence in quotes which is a verbatim quote and the grammar or spelling within that quote is wrong, why would it be rejected? It's a quote.
Thanks so much.
Sharon

[NicWrites]

I'm not an editor, so I don't know the reason your article was rejected, but if you didn't upload a file it would automatically be rejected. Otherwise, you can include a note to the editor about a quote containing an error in the short summary. they remove these before posting the article on the site. You may want to post in "article rejections" about that question.

[S. L. Hill]

Thanks for your reply. I'll do that.
Sharon

[writewellcfl1]

[quote="S. L. Hill"] I had another question concerning an article that was rejected. If I am including a sentence in quotes which is a verbatim quote and the grammar or spelling within that quote is wrong, why would it be rejected? It's a quote.
Thanks so much.
Sharon [/quote]

We are not in the habit of arbitrarily rejecting submissions. We also do not reject for UK vs. American spellings. We often reject for errors in the short summary - authors sometimes forget to check spelling there.